Biography

Indonesian earthquake of 6.3 magnitude in central Java, Indonesia, with over 5,000 dead, over 25,000 homes damaged and over 100,000 people left homeless. The activity of Mount Merapi volcano had to do with the earthquake.

According to CNN online: "Most of the dead are being found in Bantul, a district near the Java coast just south of the historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Jakarta."